{"product_id":"between-a-rock-and-a-hot-place-why-fifty-is-the-new-fifty-paperback","title":"Between a Rock and a Hot Place: Why Fifty Is the New Fifty - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTracey Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Laugh-out-loud funny.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eO, the Oprah magazine \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Tracey Jackson confronts the speed bumps of life with wit, brilliant insights, and...common sense....\u003cem\u003eBetween a Rock and a Hot Place\u003c\/em\u003e is more than a good read, it's good company.\"\u003cbr\u003e--John Berendt, author of \u003cem\u003eMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHollywood screenwriter Tracey Jackson (\u003cem\u003eThe Guru, Ashes to Ashes, The Other End of the Line, The Ivy Chronicles, Confessions of a Shopaholic\u003c\/em\u003e, and others), delivers a funny, fearless, no-holds-barred look at what it really means to turn 50 today. Offering insight into the joys, hurdles, and life lessons surrounding the half-century mark, Jackson explores topics as wide-ranging as hormone replacement therapy, online dating, lifts, nips, tucks, libidos, finances, coping with death, and preparing for the future. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she approached her fiftieth birthday, Tracey Jackson found herself bombarded by a catchphrase on everyone's lips: \"Fifty is the new thirty.\" With a comedy writer's training and a screenwriter's eye for detail, Jackson skewers that particular myth with a hilarious, bare-knuckled, and ultimately practical appraisal of what middle age really means today. Jackson not only faces the elephant in the room, she puts it under a (very large) microscope, confronting the truth about death, work, and sex in what the French call the \"third age.\" \u003c\/p\u003e--Booklist\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she approached her fiftieth birthday, Tracey Jackson found herself bombarded by a catchphrase on everyone's lips: \"Fifty is the new thirty.\" With a comedy writer's training and a screenwriter's eye for detail, Jackson skewers that particular myth with a hilarious, bare-knuckled, and ultimately practical appraisal of what middle age really means today. Jackson not only faces the elephant in the room, she puts it under a (very large) microscope, confronting the truth about death, work, and sex in what the French call the \"third age.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8 x 5.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 21, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759882240288,"sku":"9780061669286","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e0c4314831bcb0db821193fa7de4c8c8.webp?v=1780165097","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/between-a-rock-and-a-hot-place-why-fifty-is-the-new-fifty-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}